Category Archives: Strategy

In what should be seen as a blueprint for effective resistance to federal power, the Nashville Police refused to help the Secret Service after a “frantic call for backup” to enter and search a resident’s home without a search warrant.

When it comes to political activism in America, it almost all focuses within the 202 area code. But over the last few years, it’s become clear we cannot count on Washington D.C. to rein in its own surveillance programs.

We need a different approach that engages activists and concerned Americans outside of the Beltway.

The danger we face is real. The federal government claims the power to monitor your communication, track your location, restrict your right to defend your family, tax you for doing nothing – and so much more. But they can be stopped.

Members of Congress who want to infringe on your right to keep and bear arms will never give up. Fortunately, through our states we can effectively render any new federal gun laws powerless by using a legal doctrine upheld repeatedly by the Supreme Court.

What do we do when the federal government simply ignores the Second Amendment and acts in ways that infringe on our right to keep and bear arms? Well, James Madison laid out a blueprint in Federalist 46 before the Constitution was even ratified.

Recent history suggests that when states invoke Madison’s advice and refuse to cooperative, the ambitions of the federal government can be rendered impotent and ineffectual. Federal authority is not infallible or impervious.